Lithuania to issue special passports to Belarus citizens staying legally

Belarusian emigrants in Lithuania who were stripped of the right to get new passports by Minsk, will be able to receive special Lithuanian travel documents, authorities in the southernmost Baltic state said Monday.
Such passports will be issued to Belarusian citizens who have the right to reside in Lithuania but do not have a passport or a corresponding travel document, the Interior Ministry said.
It will allow them to leave and enter Lithuania, which shares a 679-kilometer border with Belarus.
Deputy Interior Minister Arnoldas Abramavicius said, “A foreigner’s passport is valid for more than one year but perhaps that term could be longer if the parliament would extend it.”